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2020 has been a strange year due to the pandemic and had a massive effect on the film industry. Studios have been struggling to deal with it and on 17th December Warner Brothers have announced there are going to release Wonder Woman 1984 in cinemas and on HBO Max at the same time. This could […]
His Dark Materials has returned for a second season. “City of Magpies” was a much stronger start than the first episode of Season One. Lord Asriel has opened a portal to the City in the Sky. His actions have started a massive chain of events. The witches believe that this is the start of the […]
It’s rare to find a show that treats modern adolescents with as much care and grace as HBO’s We Are Who We Are. And it’s equally as rare to find a cast of young actors as talented and emotionally connected to their characters as we have in the series. From the minds of Paolo Giordano, […]
Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan discuss the streaming wars and the release of Mulan on Disney+ in the first podcast episode.
We are living in a golden age of TV thanks to the streaming revolution. Showrunners and directors have been given more creative freedom and there has been a constant flow of new shows. Yet the rise of streaming has been so fast that it leads to the fears that we are on the edge of […]
Following two fairly focused episodes, the penultimate episode of His Dark Materials sets up all the pieces ready for the big finale. After freeing the children that were held at Bolvangar, Lyra (Dafne Keen) gets captured for a third time – this time by the bears of Svalbard. Lyra has to use all her wits to do […]
“The Lost Boy” was the episode of His Dark Materials I was most looking forward to because I knew it would cover one of my favourite moments in the novels. Following on from their rampage at Trollesund the Gyptians travel northwards to Bolvangar. When Lyra reads the alethiometer she finds out that the Gyptians will be outmanned and outgunned. […]
The third episode of His Dark Materials expands upon the source material with Mrs. Coulter and the Magisterium desperate to find Lyra. At the end of “The Idea of North” Lyra (Dafne Keen) has been taken hostage by The Gobblers. Fortunately, she’s rescued immediately by the Gyptians and they take her with them to their meeting at The Fens. […]
“The Idea of North” builds on the plotline established in the “Lyra’s Jordan” and already starts to embellish on things that weren’t in the novel. Lyra (Dafne Keen) has moved in with Mrs. Coulter (Ruth Wilson). However, their relationship soon becomes strained and Mrs. Coulter’s true personality starts to reveal itself. The Gyptians continue to […]
The BBC/HBO adaptation of His Dark Materials has finally arrived. It is a long-awaited TV adaptation of Phillip Pullman’s acclaimed series of novels and the biggest British TV series ever made. In an alternative world the Magisterium has ruled and oppressed for centuries. In this world people have a dæmon, the physical embodiment of their soul. Lyra […]